CNG 85, Lot: 1655. Estimate $250. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gold earrings. Late Hellenistic or Roman, 1st-2nd centuries AD. Concavely postured erotes, each holding granulated palm twig across chest and placing hand on hip, soldered onto elliptical loops. Flowers on band above erotes, fastener soldered to back of erotes’ legs. Height: 1.6cm. Left arm of each figure bent backward, otherwise in excellent condition.

Such earrings became fashionable during the Hellenistic Period, but their continued popularity in the 1st-2nd centuries AD, when our earrings were likely made, is well attested.